---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising local government selection procedures for professional services"
description: "Revising local government selection procedures for professional services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 278"
citation: "Montana SB 278 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Hinebauch"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-19"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/632930e2-b7e4-4579-bb1f-9497ff5f54f4"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC2214&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "70b7e4ff0e42b11a0211e008690887060e554c0ad478d8f216932a612ec53e06"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
---

# Montana SB 278 (2017) — Revising local government selection procedures for professional services

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/SB0278.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **94–5** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **97–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Steve Hinebauch — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-19** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-17** Draft On Hold
- **2017-02-09** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-02-09** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-09** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-10** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-13** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2017-02-13** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-13** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-13** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-13** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-13** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-14** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Hearing
- **2017-02-23** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2017-02-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-24** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-24** On Motion Rules Suspended
- **2017-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** Transmitted to House
- **2017-03-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** Hearing
- **2017-03-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-07** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-10** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Returned to Senate
- **2017-04-11** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-11** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-12** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-24** Signed by President
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/632930e2-b7e4-4579-bb1f-9497ff5f54f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).